New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-10
THE RtTTLE OF WHEArGROWERS

TIE BiTILE OF UHEd i-bhCV I%H'
The worlds wheat supply, always u matucr
Of great interest, becomes problem Of speclai
curiosity in view Of facts which come by the
riraclc-working wires from all parts Of the
olobc. In Vienna wheat is at the lowest
mice for twenty-thrcc years, which mphes
an unusually large production in Austro-lIh-
gary and the Danubian region. In Russia
the Weld is Irregular, but on the whole appears
to be large In France, according 10 oihc'ai
estimates. the crop exceeds that OF last year
Inv five million hcctolitrcs, or l4,l9O,OUo
bushels. French imports for ten months oil
this wear have been 30,265,Ool bushels, oil
which 13. 349, $40 were from the Uhltcd
States SO that the increase OF yield above
ronorted is about half these imports. BRUSH
tbrcsbinr throughout Southern England has
caused a decline of 1 - to cent, per bushcl
within the past fortnight, and " The Mark
Lane Express says that farmers nave 10"
"no prospect Of escaping rinously low prices
California wheat has dropped 30 cents per
bushel 1T Liverpool, the l6,OOO,OOo OuShciS
there and on the way being heavy LOAD 10
corrv Meanwhile the Ohio State report makes
tho wheat Weld 100000 bushels or one
fifth less than that Of last year, while conSld-
c,able injury from drOuth is reported III iai
Northwestern States But a long tram loaded
only with 100 tons OF twinc for s'hSic whc"'
farm IN Dakota is rolling westward across
the continent.
These facts are sufficiently contradictory
lint now comes dispatch from far-oif India.
stating that powerful effort is to be maze
throuch Indian merchants in England TO
secure reduction in railway frcights in India.
The cost of transportation by railroads III tha'
oount,.. Is so high that il more than counter
balances any difference in cost OF production
between India and the United States, duc 10
chcapuCss OF Indian labor. The OBJECT Is 10
enable India t. compete more chccliNcly VIVID
American wheat, and Thus, the Director oil
Acriculturc SAYS. to force the United states
Ga lower its tariff and open It's markets 10
British industry. The Indian Government
manifcsts that wonderfully scli-sacrlhcihS
snirit which British manufacturers also nave
+ so conspicuously shown they want American
tariffs reduced so that the United states may
compctc more powerfully with British manu-
facturcr,. while the authorities Of India wan1
the cxpcrt price cf wheat from that country
reduced. so that Europe may secure the IN
dustrial subsection Of the United States, ana
buy more wheat here and less from the Lar
East
One or two conclusions may be drawn from
those facts. With smaller ylcd than that
of last wear in the United states, the world
Is likcly to have som what larger wheat
sunply from other sources, which may be III
effect increased by any change In tfanspoftl-
tion charges in India. But the prospect rs IL
stands is most dishcartcning TO whcat-growcrs
in Great Britain and in many pats OF Europe
forcshadowing range of prices below inc
actual cost OF production there. Anything
like full crop in this country, without
material decrease in the yield in other couh-
fries must further dcprcss the price Tor all
Euroue. for a full yield here would mean sixty
IN eighty million bushels more than our last
wears crop. Diminishing yield in Europe Is
the natural consequence OF these conditions.
Int that cannot be felt for at least year 10
come and meanwhile the competition to sell
* likely TO affect charges for transportation
and the price realized by producers. mus
/ the prosperity of many nations Is linked To-
pcthcr, and railroad companies on the Gangcs
! and on the Mississippi, and gain producers
along the Indus. the Danube the Missouri
! and the Columbia are all affected by the
progress Of the struggle